03070nam 2200577 a 450 991084189360332120230721021429.01-282-12340-897866121234050-470-74294-10-470-74293-3(CKB)1000000000754325(EBL)427941(OCoLC)437111514(SSID)ssj0000354653(PQKBManifestationID)11295345(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000354653(PQKBWorkID)10314043(PQKB)10816464(MiAaPQ)EBC427941(EXLCZ)99100000000075432520090206d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA practical guide to heart failure in older people[electronic resource] /[edited by] Christopher Ward and Miles WithamChichester, West Sussex, U.K. ;Hoboken, N.J. Wiley-Blackwell20091 online resource (296 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-470-69517-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Epidemiology / Christopher Ward -- Heart failure and the aging heart / Helen Oxenham -- Aetiology / Christopher Ward -- Diagnosis / Christopher Ward -- Pharmacological treatment / Miles D. Witham -- Non-pharmacological management / Sinéad P. McKee and Miles D. Witham -- Comorbidity / Andrew Elder -- Treatment and management in primary care / Alan Begg -- The role of the specialist nurse / Sinéad P. McKee -- The role of the heart failure specialist / Maheshwar Pauriah, Aaron K.F. Wong and Chim C. Lang -- Hospitalization / Andrew Hannah -- Models of care and disease management programmes / Martin Wilson and Stephen J. Leslie -- Palliative and supportive care for patients with advanced and terminal heart failure / Christopher Ward ... [et al.].Heart failure is effectively a disease of older people. Eighty percent of patients are over 65 years old, and the majority of these are over 75. This figure is likely to increase significantly in the next two decades. The prognosis is worse than that of most cancers and heart failure is the commonest reason for hospital admission in the over 65s. The problems associated with treating heart failure in older patients are more diverse and complex than in those who are younger. The diagnosis in older patients is easily overlooked and as they were excluded from most heart failure treatment trialsHeart failureGeriatric cardiologyHeart failure.Geriatric cardiology.618.97/129618.97129618.976129Ward Christopher1939-1731496Witham Miles1731497MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910841893603321A practical guide to heart failure in older people4144275UNINA